Ozumat is proof of nothing. People are just posting it around like it's the absolute 100% fool proof proof that's proofed the next expansion. Proof. The Dark Below is still not even confirmed to be an expansion and it's pretty obvious it's not if you look at the facts that people keep choosing to ignore.

Ozumat is proof of nothing. People are just posting it around like it's the absolute 100% fool proof proof that's proofed the next expansion. Proof. The Dark Below is still not even confirmed to be an expansion and it's pretty obvious it's not if you look at the facts that people keep choosing to ignore.

He's "of The Dark Below". The Dark Below is a place. You can try and argue it means Burning Legion are coming from under the ground, or that Azjol Nerub is deep beneath Northrend or w/e but I'll just laugh when the expansion is out. It's not confirmed to be an expansion no but people said the same thing about MoP when it was trademarked, at around this time of year as well I should add. People will be saying "IT'S NOT CONFIRMED YET" until the day of Blizzcon. Then we shall see.

wouldnt work. they butchered them in wrath to give an excuse as to why we never went down there.

not enough of them left to make an entire expansion out of even if it would be cool

"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon

'Us' simply refers to everyone who read the first page of MMO champion when there were two Blizzard TM filings on the first page, one of them obviously fake (Corgis Unleashed? Really??) while a post explained that it's possible to fake a TM filing without actually filing for trademark with the government and paying the fees.

If one of the TMs is an obvious fake, the other ones are questionable at the very least.

Originally Posted by Jevlin

Why? Because fuck you, that's why.

Every time you have a question that begins with "Why?" that is about what other people prefer to do with their own goddamn time, come back here, and reread the first row of this post. That will ALWAYS be the answer to your question. Have a nice day.

He's "of The Dark Below". The Dark Below is a place. You can try and argue it means Burning Legion are coming from under the ground, or that Azjol Nerub is deep beneath Northrend or w/e but I'll just laugh when the expansion is out. It's not confirmed to be an expansion no but people said the same thing about MoP when it was trademarked, at around this time of year as well I should add. People will be saying "IT'S NOT CONFIRMED YET" until the day of Blizzcon. Then we shall see.

I really hope that it's going to be some underwater Vashj'ir-esque thing. Really, I do. But the fact that one NPC added 5 years ago (or whenever) has the title <Fiend of the Dark Below>, means nothing. It's far more likely the title was just something Blizzard liked the sound of. For example, Murmur was given the same title as Deathwing - freaking Deathwing - doesn't mean it's the same person. And okay, even if we imagine the title wasn't just something they liked. 'of the Dark Below' could mean anything. It could mean that he comes from a place called The Dark Below, that he completely ravaged a place called The Dark Below and now rules it, there might even be two different "Dark Below"s for god's sake. In the RPG, The Dark Below is a place inhabited by demons. Now, I do realise that the RPG is non-canon, but this is far less of a stretch than saying that because of a title, of a completely irrelevant NPC, we know what'll be happening.

Originally Posted by Socialhealer

blizzard is like a badger, shamans are a PS4, even after 10 years the badger will be clueless as to how this thing works.

An underground themed expansion was the first thing that flicked through my head when I say the 'Dark Below' trademark.

Then I was like "...n-nah. More likely underwater."

Still, Blizzard went to the trouble of adding quests in Cataclysm indicating that the nerubians were rebuilding, so clearly they haven't forgotten the nerubians.

I like it's likely we'll see them and the bug races acting as replacement for the trolls in future, once the last of the Zandalari are dealt with. Then the Aqir come back and the nerubians, qiraji, and mantid rally around them as a new major threat.

I'm VERY doubtful Blizzard would return us to Azjol'nerub and azjol'nerub only.

I'm sure "the dark below" refers to the bottom of the sea, Nazjatar, Ny'olatha, and/or caverns and caves inhabited by old god-related badness.

Now, we MIGHT return to Azjol'nerub to do stuff in the expansion... it could make sense. But at BEST it would be a raid or a zone; not the entire expansion.

"Do not look down, my friend. Even in the darkest of times, there is always hope... Hope for a better day, hope for a new dawn... Or just hope for a good breakfast. You start small, then see what you can get." ~ Covetous Shen

The Nerub were servants of Yogg-Saron and allies of Lichking-Arthas. Both are dead by now. And you can't really want a third Anub'arak fight?
"Azjol'nerub was merely a setback! ...As was Trial of the Crusader!"

I doubt it as Azjol Nerub doesn't seem to have enough to fill an entire expansion. But, if the next expansion is Azjol Nerub, I would gladly give it a try, I wouldn't be crying for burning legion or Azshara.

uhm, i should read quests more carefully but uhm arent nerubians controlled by the scourge , lich king, the lich king is well you know...

i mean they were a part of that army as far as i know, so their story is finished. am i making sense? so basicly you cant base an expansion around them.
although i would love azjol nerub worked out further though, i wont see it happening.

I don't think it could fill an entire expansion. Sure, it's sad the zone/raid got scrapped from Wrath, and I wouldn't mind going there again someday, but as an expansion? Sorry, just don't see it happening.

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uhm, i should read quests more carefully but uhm arent nerubians controlled by the scourge , lich king, the lich king is well you know...

i mean they were a part of that army as far as i know, so their story is finished. am i making sense? so basicly you cant base an expansion around them.
although i would love azjol nerub worked out further though, i wont see it happening.

The quests were updated in 4.3, living nerubians give quests that hint at something being done with it in the future

Most of the empire has remained closed off since Krik'thir's final stand. Perhaps my people have already secured the depths and merely await release? Perhaps the faceless ones fester behind closed doors.

Only time will tell. The exposed upper reaches of Azjol-Nerub must first be cleansed of Arthas' taint.

ah thx, i missed that i guess it promises a future in azjol nerub..be it zone or expansion and the dark below suggests such as well due to the name ..but so many people talk about ozumat and azshara. i guess having a name like ozumat `the dark below` proves nothing ..a name is a name... its like having a middle name as arthas proves nothing that your the lich king...

The fact is that one title alone doesnt mean much and can easily be interpretated or written to support either scenario. Ozumat could be fiend of the Azjol-Nerub kingdom (would be a nice chance for Blizz to implement an aquatic version of Nerubians here - maybe like an underwater army), just as much as he could be a fiend of Azshara. Idea of Azjol Nerub having essentially a (newly introduced) Navy of Nerubians and at war with Azshara I think would be pretty cool.

You really don't have a grasp on lore do you? http://wowpedia.org/Ozumat#Dungeon_Journal
"Tales of the monstrous kraken that terrorize Azeroth's high seas were once relegated to myth... but no longer. By some ill means, the naga have bent Ozumat - the patriarch of all kraken - to their will and unleashed him against Neptulon and his followers."
Who are the naga with again? I don't think they do anything for the Nerubians correct? Or do you have some top secret lore that retcons everything that was already stated?
Face it, Ozumat and his title of "Fiend of the Dark Below" has nothing to do with Azjol-Nerub.

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Originally Posted by Jaylock

Its not a matter of opinion when FACTS back up the fact that this is one of the best expansions they have ever created.

Metzen already said last blizzcon that alleria and turalyn will be returning after mop . Mostly likely were heading back to outland /burning legion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JhX-dfCLyA after the 9:00 mark metzen says it.